diff --git a/backends/apiserver.go b/backends/apiserver.go
index 198109fef6..a163657753 100644
--- a/backends/apiserver.go
+++ b/backends/apiserver.go
@@ -58,7 +58,28 @@ func getContainersJSON(out beam.Sender, version version.Version, w http.Response
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return writeJSON(w, 200, names)
+	return writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, names)
+}
+
+func postContainersStart(out beam.Sender, version version.Version, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
+	if vars == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Missing parameter")
+	}
+
+	// TODO: r.Body
+
+	name := vars["name"]
+	_, containerOut, err := beam.Obj(out).Attach(name)
+	container := beam.Obj(containerOut)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := container.Start(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func createRouter(out beam.Sender) (*mux.Router, error) {
@@ -68,7 +89,9 @@ func createRouter(out beam.Sender) (*mux.Router, error) {
 			"/_ping":           ping,
 			"/containers/json": getContainersJSON,
 		},
-		"POST":    {},
+		"POST": {
+			"/containers/{name:.*}/start": postContainersStart,
+		},
 		"DELETE":  {},
 		"OPTIONS": {},
 	}
diff --git a/backends/debug.go b/backends/debug.go
index 42e4cad579..fa8020676f 100644
--- a/backends/debug.go
+++ b/backends/debug.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ func Debug() beam.Sender {
 	backend := beam.NewServer()
 	backend.OnSpawn(beam.Handler(func(ctx *beam.Message) error {
 		instance := beam.Task(func(in beam.Receiver, out beam.Sender) {
-			fmt.Printf("debug backend!")
 			for {
 				msg, err := in.Receive(beam.Ret)
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/backends/forward.go b/backends/forward.go
index 4ec2c54ca0..e808228b27 100644
--- a/backends/forward.go
+++ b/backends/forward.go
@@ -46,10 +46,15 @@ type forwarder struct {
 }
 
 func (f *forwarder) attach(ctx *beam.Message) error {
-	ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack, Ret: f.Server})
-	for {
-		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
-		(&beam.Object{ctx.Ret}).Log("forward: heartbeat")
+	if ctx.Args[0] == "" {
+		ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack, Ret: f.Server})
+		for {
+			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+			(&beam.Object{ctx.Ret}).Log("forward: heartbeat")
+		}
+	} else {
+		c := f.newContainer(ctx.Args[0])
+		ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack, Ret: c})
 	}
 	return nil
 }